Making councils the scapegoats (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Making councils the scapegoats
1:26pm Wednesday 25th January 2012 in News
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said councillors had a moral duty to sign up to the government’s council tax freeze.
Some local authorities have said they will increase council tax and reject money from central government.
Many planning increases say it is the only way they can protect services in light of cuts.
Government figures indicate 142 councils have so far promised to freeze bills. Last year’s freeze was observed by all councils.
This government has tied their hands and feet and then blame them when cuts are made.
I say convenient scapegoats for badly thought-through government policies.
I saw a TV programme about Westminster Council and the great care given to maintaining its pavements and roads, etc.
I wish we could have a bit of this care shown for our rural roads and pavements, but the excuse is always ‘lack of funds’! How’s that for fairness, Mr Pickles?
I simply cannot take Eric Pickles seriously.
He habitually adopts a confro-ntational stance and never seeks solutions; he simply stirs up and clouds the issues.
That’s Tory politicians for you.
Coun Salim Mulla, Blackburn
Comments(8)
Between_the_lions
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3:23pm Wed 25 Jan 12
Get a grip of benefit fraud it could be council tax freeze and tax cuts.
Some people have no shame.
Izanears
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4:58pm Wed 25 Jan 12
Blue Peter
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8:29pm Wed 25 Jan 12
Good call
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10:20pm Wed 25 Jan 12
Between_the_lions wrote:Benefit fraud is a very very small amount of the welfare budget.
If there weren't so many snouts in the trough maybe there wouldn't any rises.
Get a grip of benefit fraud it could be council tax freeze and tax cuts.
Some people have no shame.
Between_the_lions
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9:29am Thu 26 Jan 12
Good call wrote:A mere 5% would be a substantial sum indeed.
Between_the_lions wrote:Benefit fraud is a very very small amount of the welfare budget.
If there weren't so many snouts in the trough maybe there wouldn't any rises.
Get a grip of benefit fraud it could be council tax freeze and tax cuts.
Some people have no shame.
Between_the_lions
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9:16pm Thu 26 Jan 12
Typical Liebour.
One man's "spleen" is another man's "fair comment"
Commenting
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1:12pm Fri 27 Jan 12
We do not want to read comments that he has put his name to as it devalues the merits of the criticism.
Cllr Mulla you will never gain the respect of the majority of the community for we don't have any regard for benefit cheats.
mavrick says...
3:05pm Wed 25 Jan 12